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March 10, 2008 - Vol. XVIII, Issue 8
Healthy Update provides the latest news, expert articles and resources on wellness, healthy living, and integrative medicine. A weekly service of HealthWorld Online since 1997.
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Stay Informed and Inspired
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing is an interdisciplinary journal that addresses evidence-based healing practices from a wide variety of sources, including conventional, alternative, and cross-cultural medicine. Written for a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals, the journal explores the healing arts, consciousness, spirituality, eco-environmental issues, and basic science as these fields relate to health. In addition to research, features include: an editorial by Larry Dossey, MD; an interview with a prominent thought leader; columns on ethnomedicine, diet and health, environmental medicine, nursing, education, death and dying, and medicine on the front lines. For more information, click here
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CDC Study Reveals Adults May Not Get Enough Rest or Sleep
About 10 percent of adults report not getting enough rest or sleep every day in the past month, according to a new four-state study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. View more
Stroke: Outcome depends on nutrition - so stay out of hospital
A stroke can be catastrophic or it can have minimal impact - and its severity has much to do with your own nutritional status. People who have a good diet are less likely to suffer badly from a stroke - which is why no stroke victim should spend too much time in his or her local hospital afterwards.
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Pacemakers: Manufacturers sell devices they know are faulty
Pacemakers are being fitted to patients even when the manufacturer knows they are faulty, and may even be fatal. A leading expert says manufacturers "repeatedly and knowingly" sell devices that are defective. Dr William Maisel, director of the Medical Device Safety Institute in Boston, USA, says that the three major manufacturers of pacemakers have all at some time continued to sell their products after they have discovered they were defective, and sometimes lethally so. View more
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Healthy Talk Radio with Dr. Julian Whitaker
Dr. Julian Whitaker, America's Wellness Doctor, is one of the most respected and well known names in the natural health industry and you can hear him live on the radio 6 days a week! Healthy Talk Radio is the longest running health talk radio show celebrating 25 years.
We take on conventional medicine, spread the word about safe, effective, and less expensive approaches to wellness, and offer you real solutions to your health problems. We cut through the spin and bring you news, information, and recommendations that can truly make a difference in your life.
Timely, topical, sometimes funny and always a must-listen! It is practical information to help improve the quality of life for health conscious consumers of any age. To listen live or to find out where you can hear Healthy Talk Radio near you go to www.healthytalkradio.com
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Join Us On a 12-Stage Journey to Wellness
For the next 12 weeks in Healthy Update, we will go on a journey into the heart of wellness. Each week we will feature one of the twelve key aspects of wellness from the Wellness Inventory whole person assessment program based on the pioneering work of John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., Each is a component of the Wellness Energy System. This week we will feature "Self-Responsibility & Love." View more
Simply Well - Set Goals for the Changes You Want to Make
Goal setting is a dynamic tool for getting things done, and helps you
clarify what is important in your life. In "Set Goals for the Changes You Want to Make" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., explains the power in setting goals, and shows you how to tap into that power.
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Staying Healthy Tips - 10 Tips for Staying Healthy in Spring
Spring, the season of re-birth, is fast approaching. In "10 Tips for Staying Healthy in Spring" Elson M. Haas, M.D. offers you practical and refreshing things you can do to be sure you are healthy and able to truly enjoy this special time of the year. View more
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| AUDIO: HEADACHE RELIEF - MARTIN ROSSMAN, MD
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Learn to Relieve Anxiety with Guided Imagery
When we worry,the body prepares for "fight or flight," putting in motion a chain of physiological effects that can leave us exhausted,depressed,or physically ill. Anxiety Relief shows you how to reverse these debilitating states through relaxing,rejuvenating guided imagery techniques that Dr.
Martin L. Rossman has effectively prescribed to thousands. This information-packed CD session includes: deep body-mind relaxation; problem solving with the "inner advisor"; and "evocative imagery" for converting fear and worry into positive energy. View more Listen to Audio Sample
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Integrator Blog - Expanding the Family: More Comments of Holistic MDs and Naturopathic Leaders on Co-Convening in 2008
Making history: This August, two associations of holistically-oriented practitioners – the American Holistic Medical Association and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians - will co-locate their annual conferences. After Integrator publisher-editor John Weeks published perspectives of a half-dozen naturopathic doctors on whether the felt their “tribes” should meet together, 8 leaders from the boards of the two organizations independently offered their opinions.
"The Integrator Blog" offers News, Reports, Opinions and Networking for the Business, Education, Policy and Practice of Integrative Medicine, CAM and Integrative Health Care, from Publisher/Editor John Weeks.
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Women's Health Detective - Natural Solutions To Your Hot Flashes
Hot flashes drive thousands of women into taking hormone replacement therapy, even when they have no other menopausal symptoms. In "Natural Solutions To Your Hot Flashes" Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D. explains what causes this symptom and offers natural options, along with guidelines for effective use.
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Holistic Healthcare for Children - Preschoolers Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol
Although parents often believe that young children do not think about tobacco or alcohol, prevention of these behaviors should probably begin with 2 or 3 year-olds. In "Preschoolers Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol" Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D. cites the disturbing results of a recent study on the impact of parental actions and the media on children, and urges parents to evaluate their own behavior as role models to create healthy habits in their very impressionable children.
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Hospital Stay Handbook: A Guide to Becoming a Patient Advocate for Your Loved Ones
When Jari Holland Buck's husband became seriously ill, she stayed by his side and bravely fought for his life. Her steadfast attention to detail-questioning caregivers, researching medicines, and providing a positive, spiritually rich environment for healing-produced a medical miracle: his survival. The author's vivid experiences form the basis of this guide to becoming a patient advocate. Her life-saving lessons will help you choose the best hospital, develop a partnership with caregivers, prevent medical mistakes, and avoid caregiver burnout. Along with practical advice for enforcing patient rights, executing power of attorney, and avoiding inappropriate hospital charges, the author also explores how to bolster the body, mind, and soul of a critically ill loved one through prayer, positivity, and spiritual healing. View more
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Vegetarian Recipe
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine offers you a vegetarian recipe for "Hummus Sandwich Spread."
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Raw Food Materia Medica (Peas)
Peas are members of the Pea Family, making them relatives of beans and peanuts. Peas are considered alkaline, neutral in temperature, moistening and sweet. They are tonifying to the liver, spleen, pancreas, and stomach. They may help reduce the risk of heart disease, stabilize blood sugar levels and help strengthen the stomach. Peas have been used to relieve anemia, boils, and high cholesterol, constipation, coughs, diabetes, hypoglycemia, edema, coughs, spasms, and ulcer pain.
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Ask Dr. Orloff about Intuitive Healing
We all have a choice about our health. In "Step One of Intuitive Healing:
Notice Your Beliefs" Judith Orloff, M.D. reminds us that our mind and body are linked by an intricate intuitive circuitry. Notice the pattern of any recurring beliefs or emotions that occur before an illness. They may well be premonitions. We need to be aware of our thinking, notice when fear takes over, and begin to reprogram our thoughts.
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Mind-Body Health
In "Reducing Stress Reduces Heart Disease" David S. Sobel, M.D. reports on a study of patients with heart disease where it was found that relaxation, taming hostility, and helping people change the way they look at life's challenges can reduce their risk of having further heart problems by 75% compared to people given only usual medical care and medications. Reducing stress proved even more beneficial than getting exercise.
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Could Your Mind Be Keeping You Fat?
Our newsletter provides the information you need to help you lose pound after pound of unwanted fat. But here's one trick to achieving optimal weight: You have to follow the program. An article in The Journal of Family Practice (June 2006) suggests doctors recommend hypnosis for this issue. We wholeheartedly agree. Read more about the hypnosis program we recommend most: View More
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